Acute exposure to 50 ppm toluene does not increase sleepiness

• Published in: Environmental toxicology and pharmacology Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 665 - 669
• Main Authors: Muttray, Axel, Spelmeyer, Uwe, Hommel, Gerhard, Oesch, Franz, Jung, Detlev, Rose, Dirk-Matthias, Mayer-Popken, Otfried, Rossbach, Bernd, Letzel, Stephan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.05.2005
• Subjects: Exposure chamber; Irritation; Pupillographic Sleepiness Test; Sleepiness; Toluene; Pupillographic Sleepiness Test; Sleepiness; Toluene; Exposure chamber; Irritation

The Pupillographic Sleepiness Test (PST) is a new neurophysiological method to assess sleepiness. In an exposure study to a constant exposure level of 50 ppm toluene on 20 healthy men, our aim was to find out, if increased sleepiness could be seen with PST. PST was performed before and after 4.5 h o...